I'm torn and I hope that folks on this forum have enough experience with these cars to express their opinion.

I'm looking at a 2011 CLS550 with 3K miles on it for $68K (asking) and a 2010 E63 with 9K miles for $76K (asking).

CLS looks good and drives very well. It has all the comfort and convenience features I can think of and it has enough power/torque to go. However, its styling is too much of a staple of an "expensive" car. I'm afraid to project a wrong image of myself at the company parking lot where the majority of cars are below the 35 grand mark when they were new.

E63 has more power to go and it is more stealthy, especially, if the AMG badge and E63 designation are removed from the trunk lid. I doubt that many people would be able to tell the difference. But it costs more and has more miles on it.

If we temporarily ignore the "wrong image" aspect, which of these two cars looks more appealing to you?


Thanks!